Faucet



(No Model.

WELLS. PAUGETJ Patented'Deo. 20, 1892.

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FRANK SANFORD OWELLS, OF MORRISON, ILLINOIS.

FAUCET.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,401, dated December20, 1892.

Application filed April 30, 1892. Serial No. 431,292- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SANFORD Ow- ELLS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Morrison, in the county of Whiteside and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFaucets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view of faucet partlyin section.Fig.2 is a side view of the plug. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of sametaken on line line w. an. Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of sametaken on line w. w. and Fig. 5 is a section taken on line y. y. Fig. 2.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements infaucets, and it consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts as hereinafter specified.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective faucet,consisting of two parts, so constructed and united as to form aperfectly tight joint without the use of washers, springs, packing, orother devices.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the main portion,body, or casing of the faucet, having the threaded tap'B for connectionwith a barrel or other package. In the outer end portion of the body Ais a cylindrical chamber or passage 0, communicating with the passage inthe tap, by the passage O.

D designates a cylindrical plug, slightly tapering, or diminishing indiameter from the outer end inwardly. Said plug is inserted in thechamber or passage 0, as shown forming a close joint therewith by meansof screwthreads at near its outer end engaging similar threads in theend portion of said passage. In the inner or lower end of said plug isan aperture or chamber 5, into which leads from one side a passage 0,through the wall of the plug. 011 the outer or upper end of the plug isthe handle H.

When the faucet is to be opened, the plug is turned untilthe passagec isbrought to register withthe passage 0. To;close,a partial rotation isgiven the plug until its solid wall is brought over the mouth of thepassage 0'. The plug being slightly tapered, is loosened somewhat in thepassage 0, and to prevent the pressure from causing the liquid to oozeout at the upper end of the plug, I form a surrounding groove ordepression 01 therein just below the screwthreaded portion (1.Connecting the groove or depression 01 with the mouth of the passage 0is a groove or channel g in the side of the plug. The groove d serves tocollect all liquid which is forced upwardly, and conducts it back intothe plug by the channel g.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and. desire to secure byLetters Patent 1s:

1. A faucet having a tapering plug, said plug having a threaded portionthereon for engagement with the body or casing of the faucet, an openingor passage through said plug, and a surface groove communicating withsaid opening, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with the body portion or casing having the passagetherethrough and the chamber in its outer portion, of the tapered plugengaging said chamber, said plug having a handle formed on its upperend, an opening or passage through its inner end, a screw-threadedportion for engagement with the casing, a surrounding groove below saidthreaded portion, and a channel connecting said groove and the openingthrough said plug, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK SANFORD OWELLS. Witnesses: HENNY SAUER, a

D WIGHT S. SPAFFORD.

